Chuck
October 27th, 2006, 04:22 AM
Why am I up posting at 3:00 am in the morning. Stress is the best answer. That and the server calls my cell phone when it is in trouble. Isn't technology toady a wonderful thing? Not when you rather sleep.....
On the Oct. 24th the server had a hard drive go out and we had to switch to a backup hard drive.
Many people noticed that they could not reach the server about 7am to 8am the morning of the 24th.
We need to replace this hard drive some time this week end. The site will be down for about 1 hour for this maintenance.
This Hard drive had only been in service from 21294 hours or 2.5 Years. People also ask me why there hard drives have went bad only after a few years of use. The answer to that question is "A Whole Lot of Use".
A hard drive is design to last about 5 years without failure under normal use. What is normal? Not what a server goes through.
A normal computer with an email virus for example could shorten it's life by 1440 hours (60 days) a week. That couples with a once a week Scandisk and Defrag would add another 336 (14 days) of wear and tear on a drive.
This is opinion based on everything having a "Finite Life". A door can only be opened so many times before it will fall off. A battery can only start your car so many times before it needs replaced. The more you use stuff the quicker it goes bad.
This is a "Sorry in Advance" post for the future downtime of the site. It is necessary however. The only reason I tell you is I believe people deserve the truth up front rather than a lie after the fact.
Chuck
On the Oct. 24th the server had a hard drive go out and we had to switch to a backup hard drive.
Many people noticed that they could not reach the server about 7am to 8am the morning of the 24th.
We need to replace this hard drive some time this week end. The site will be down for about 1 hour for this maintenance.
This Hard drive had only been in service from 21294 hours or 2.5 Years. People also ask me why there hard drives have went bad only after a few years of use. The answer to that question is "A Whole Lot of Use".
A hard drive is design to last about 5 years without failure under normal use. What is normal? Not what a server goes through.
A normal computer with an email virus for example could shorten it's life by 1440 hours (60 days) a week. That couples with a once a week Scandisk and Defrag would add another 336 (14 days) of wear and tear on a drive.
This is opinion based on everything having a "Finite Life". A door can only be opened so many times before it will fall off. A battery can only start your car so many times before it needs replaced. The more you use stuff the quicker it goes bad.
This is a "Sorry in Advance" post for the future downtime of the site. It is necessary however. The only reason I tell you is I believe people deserve the truth up front rather than a lie after the fact.
Chuck